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A 

FORM OF PRAYER 

ISSUED 

By Special Command of his Majesty 

GEORGE III 

LONDON 

1776 

Imploring Divine assistance against the King's 
unhappy deluded Subjects in America now in 
open rebellion against the Crown 



IN THE COLLECTION OF THE 

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 
Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge 



REPRODUCED IN FAC-SIMILE 
BY 

JULIUS F. SACHSE 



PHILADELPHIA 
MDCCCXCVIII 






19181 

Resolved., That authority be given to Mr. Sachse to 
reproduce the Form of Prayer for fasting and prayer ap- 
pointed by George III in December, 1776, on the breaking 
out of the Revohition in the American Colonies. — Extract 
from Minutes Am. Pliilo. Soc, Fchrnarv /<?, i8g8. 




One hundred and fifty copies of this work 
have been printed, of which this is No. .'T'q)" 



PREFATORY NOTE. 



In the history of the early period of the American 
Revolution allusions are constantly found making 
mention of certain prayers read by lo^'al clergymen 
of the Established Church, — prayers which proved 
distasteful to the temper of their patriot hearers, and 
were used by the latter as an excuse for debarring 
the offending clergyman from his pulpit. Notable 
examples in our vicinity are the Rev. Mr. Currie 
and Rev. Mr. Barton of Pennsylvania, and Rev. Dr. 
Odell of New Jersey. 

Current traditions also speak of special prayers for 
the pacification of the Colonies, ordered to be read 
both in England and America, by royal command, 
as soon as the advices from America showed that the 
Colonial uprising was organized and widespread. 

Diligent search, however, failed to bring anj' such 
Form of Prayer to light, until recently a printed 
copy — found in the collection of the American Philo- 
sophical Society by the Librarian, Dr. I. Minis Hays 
— was brought "to the notice of the writer. This copy 
appears to be unique, and has proved to be unknown 
to the various Churchmen, scholars and historians 
to whom it was shown. 

From the text it will be seen that, although not 
specially stated on the title, the prayers were ordered 
by " His Majesty's special command" for the express 
purpose of invoking divine assistance in " subduing 
his unhappy deluded vSubjects in America now in 
open rebellion against the Crown." The finding of 
this tractate is a new and interesting addition to both 
our Revolutionary and religious literature. 

April, 1898. J. F. S. 



FORM 



OF 



PRAYER, 

TO BE USED 

In all churches and Chapels throughout 

that Part of Great Britain called England, Domi- 
nion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon 'tweed, 
upon Friday the Thirteenth of December next, 
being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a 
General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty 
God, to be obferved in molt Devout and Solemn 
Manner, by fending up Our Prayers and Suppli- 
cations to the Divine Majefty : 

For obtaining Pardon of Our Sins, and for averting thofe 
heavy Judgements, which Our manifold Provocations have 
moft juftly defcrved ; and imploring His Blefling and Af- 
fiftance on the Arms of His Majedy by Sea and Land, and 
for reftoring and perpetuating Peace, Safety, and I'rofperity 
to Himfclf, and to His Kingdoms. 



TBg p\^ Q^aj'eftg'iBt ©pedal Commant. 



LONDON. 

Printed by CHARtEs Eyre aad William Strahan, 

Primers to the Kings moft Excellent Majefty. 1776. 



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The Order for Morning Prayer. 



f The Service /hall be the fame with the ufual Office 
for Holy ^ days, except where it is in this- Office 
otberwtfe appointed. 

% Let bim that minijiereth read with a hud Voice tbefe 
Sentences of Scripture j and after them the Exhor- 
tation, Dearly beloved Brethren, &c. 

LORD, correft me, but with jer.x.84. 
judgement, not in thine anger, left 
thou bring me to nothing. 

1 will arife, and go to my father, s. LwVe 
and will'fay unto him, Father, I ''^•»*''9' 
have finned againft heaven, and be- 
fore thee, and am no more worthy 
to be called thy fon. 

% Injlead of the Venite, this HymnJImll be ufed, 

TH E facrifice of God is a troubled fpiiit : P'^'m n. 
a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou '^* 
wilt not defpife. 
Ifaid, IwiU confejs my fins unto the Lord: and fo paim 
thou forgaveji the wickednefs of my Jin ***'• ^' 

A 2 I will 




Pfalm 



4* Morning Prayer. 

^^["^ I will love thee, O Lord, my ftrength j the Lord 

IS my ftony rock and my defence . my Saviour, 
God, the horn alfo of my falvation, and my refuge. 

/ ivill call upon the Lord, which is nvoftbyto bepraif- 
cd: fd Jhall I be fafe from mine enemies. 

^^^\.f. ^°^ ^'^^^ ^"^^^^ t\tx^ one that is godly make his 
prayer •unto thee, in a time when thou mayeft be found. 

ver 7 For I will not trufl in my bow : it is not my 

fword that (hall help me. 
Ver. 8. But it is thou tbatfavejl us from our Enemies : and 

putteft toem to confujion that hate us. 

There is no king that can be faved by the multi- 
tude of an hoft ; neither is any mighty man delivered 
by much ftrength. 

I will fay unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my 
Jlrong bold: my God; in him will Itrufi. 
Ver. 1 Whofo dwclleth under the defence of the moll 

High, fhall abide under the (hadow of the Almighty. 
Ver. 4. He Jliall defend thee under his wings y and thou Jlialt 

be fafe under his feathers : bis faithfulnefs and truth 
Ihall be thy Jliield and buckler. 
Pfalm Thou art a place to hide me in ) thou fhalt preferve 

"""' me from trouble : thou fhalt compafs me about with 
fongs of deliverance. 

My time js in thy hand : deliver me from the hand of 
m'lnf Enemies, 

O fave thy people, and give thy bleffing to thine 
inheritance : feed them, and fet them up for ever. 
8 

U.e 



Pfalm 
xxxiii. ij- 



Pfalm 



Pfalm 
xxxi. 17. 

Pfalm 
xxviii 10 



«lx. 10. 



Morning Prayer. 

'The LordJhaUgifveJiretii^th unto histtopk: ib, Lord?tJ 
Jhal/gtvehu people the hkffing of peace. ^ ^'^d^'^ 

HoT^c'hoftT'''^"'"' andtotheSon: andtothe 

% Proper Pfalms, XXVII. XLVI, LXIV. 

Ftr/t Lejfon, Ifaiah LVIII, 

% yffter the firfi Lffon, Jhall foll<m Te Deum lauda- 
mus, »«£ngJilh. 

Second L^fon, St. LuJse VIII. ver. 22 to 26. 

f Then Benediaus. TAe Creed, Gff. /, the End of 
the Lord's Prayer. '^ 

•f Then the Priejt Jlanding up, Jhall fay, 
Prieji. O Lord, Ihew thy mercy upon us ' 
^njw. And grant us thy falvation. 
Pnefi. O Loid, fave the King ! 
Ji«fw. And mercifuny hear us, when wc ciW 

upon thee. 
Prieji. Endue thy minifters with righteoufnels 
^Jw, And make thy chofen people joyful. 
Prief. Give peace in our time, O Lord. 
^njw. Becaufe there is none other that ficrhtctii for 
us, but only then, O Cod. ° 

Prieji. 



Morning Prayer. 

Priejl. O Lord, fave thy fervants 1 

yinjko. Who put their tnift in thee. 

Prieji. Send us hdp from thy holy place* 

Anfw. And evermore mistily deifend us. 

Priejl > Let the Enemy have no advantage againft us ; 

Anfw. Nor the wicked approach to hurt us. 

Priejl. Lord hear our Prayer ! 

Aiipw, And let our cry come unto thee. 

f ^befe Twa CoUi5lt to be ujed infiead of tin Firfi 
ColleSi for Morning Prayer, 

O Almighty God, wlio ruleft over all the king- 
doms or the earth, and on wiiofe mod gracious 
providence they depend evermore for prefervation 
and' profperity; Extend thine accultomed goodncfs 
to the people of this land, who looking up to thee 
as the fiipreme author of all bleflings, and then fufc 
fafeguard and mighty deliverer in all dangers and 
difficulties, do now implore thy watchful care and 
prote6lion j befeeching thee to guide them continually 
with thy counfel, to ftrengthen them with thy powerful 
arm, and to crown with fuccefs their ncceflary endea- 
vours in defeating the unjuft attempts of their rebelli- 
ous fellow- fubjedts againft the rights of our Sovereign, 
and the lawful authority of the legiflature of thefe 
kingdoms. Grant this, O merciful father, for Jefus 
Chrift's fake, our only Lord and 8aviour. Amens 

OLord God of our falvation, in whofe hands are 
the ifllies of life and death, of good and evil, 
and without whofe aid the wifeft counfcis of frail 
4 men> 



Morning Prayer. 

men, and the multitude of an hoft, and all the in- 
ftruments of war are but weak and vain ; incline 
thine ear, we pray thee, to the carneft and devout 
fupplications of thy fervants, who, not confiding in 
the fplendour of any thing that is gfeat, or the fta- 
bility of any thing that is ftrong here below, do moft 
humbly flee, O Lord, unto thee for fuccour, and put 
their truft under the fhadow of thy wings. Be thou 
to us a tower of defence againft the aifaults of our 
enemies, our fhield and buckler in the day of battle. 
and fo blefs the arms of our gracious Sovereign, in 
the maintenance of His juft and lawful rights, and 
profper His endeavours to reftore tranquillity among 
His unhappy deluded fubjefts in America, now in 
open rebellion againft His Crown, in defiance of all 
fubordination and legal government, that we being 
preferved by thy help and goodnefs from all penis and 
difafters, and made happily triumphant over all the 
difturbers of our peace, may joyfully laud and mag- 
nify thy glorious Name -, and ferve thee from gene- 
ration to generation in all godlinefs and quietnefs, 
through Jdus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 

f Then Jkall follow the fecond and third Collecls at 
Morning Prayer : And the. Litany. 

C After the Prayer in the End of the Litany [We 
humbly befeech thee, ^f.] Jkall tbefe follomiing be 
added: 

O Loid, 



8 The Litany. 

OLord, we befeedi thee, mercifully heaf out 
prayers, and fpare all thofe who confefs their 
llns unto thee : that they, whofe conferences by fin 
are accufed, by thy merciful pardon may be abfolved, 
through Chrift our Lord. Amtn 

"f Then the People Jhallfay this that foll<nvetb, after 
the Minifter. 

TURN thou us, O good Lord, and 'fo fhall 
we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, Be 
favourable to thy people. Who turn to thee in 
weeping, falling, and praying. For thou art a mer- 
ciful God, Full of compaflion, Long-fuffering, and 
of great pity. Thou fpareft when we deferve 
puniihraent. And in thy wrath thinkeft upon mercy. 
Spare thy people, good Lord, fpare them, and let 
not thine heritage be brought to confufion. Hear 
us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great. And after the 
multitude of thy mercies look upon us, through the 
merits and mediation of thy blefl'ed Son Jcfus Chiilb, 
our Lord. Amen, 

OLord mofl good and powerful, we thy fin- 
ful people, here afTembled before thee, do 
acknowledge it thine unlpeakable mercy, that for our 
manifold and heinous provocations we are not utterly 
confumed, and given over for a prey to the Enemy 
and Avenger. We confefs, with forrow and con- 
fufion, our long unfruitfulnefs under the means of 

grace, 



The Litany. 

grace, tlie light of thy gofpel, and the many won- 
derful deliverances of this Church and State, which 
thou in thy great goodnefs haft vouchfafed unto us. 
O Lord, fhouldeft thou enter into judgement with us 
for the crying fins of this nation, our profanenefs 
and infidelity, herefies and fchifms, our inordinate 
love of pleai'ures, and other manifold offences, thou 
mighteft juftly inflidl upon us the feverity of thy 
wrath, and deliver us up to the reproaches and infults 
of our Enemies : but there is mercy with thee, there- 
fore" flialt thou be feared : thou art the Lord God, ten- 
der and full of compaflion, not willing that any fliould 
perifh, but that all Ihould repent and live. Look down 
therefore, we beleech thee, with an eye of pity and 
loving-kindnefs upon thy fervants, who, with broken 
and contrite hearts, do here bewail our tranlgrefllons 
and wretchednefs. Let our land in this time of trouble 
ftill enjoy the light of thy countenance, and the 
bleflings of thy bountiful hand ; and fo work upon 
our hearts and minds by the gracious influences of 
thy Holy Spirit, that being turned from the error 
of our ways, and created to newnefs of life, we may 
walk before thee in all righteoufnefs and holinefs in 
thisworld, and inherit thine everlafting kingdom in that 
which is to come, through the merits of Jefus Chrift 
our onJy Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

f then read to the End of Morning Prayei* as ufml, 

B 



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The Communion Service. 



^f After the Prayer for the King^ [AlmJghtJr God, 
whofe Kingdora is cverlafhng] pall be read the 
^lao Collets of the Day, as in the Moming Prayer 
[O Almighty God, Gfc* O Lord God, #f.] and 
then fiall follow^ 

The Epijile. i Peter Cbap^ II. Ver. iiy to Ver. i8. 

DEARLY beloved, JU befeech yoa, as ftTan|^ers 
and pilgrims, abftaiii from fldhly lufts, winch 
war againft the foul;, having your converfation 
honeft among the Gentiles : that whereas they fpeak 
againft you as evil-doers, they, may, by your good 
works wliich they (hall behold, glorify God in the 
(lay of vifitation. Submit yourfelves to overy ordi- 
nance of man for the Lord's fake : whether it be to 
the King rts fupreme ; or unto Governors, as unto 
them that are fent by him.for the punilhment of 
evil doers, and for the praife of them that do well. 
For fo is the will of. God, that with well deing ye 
may put to filence the ignorance of foolilh men : As 
9 free. 



The Communion Service. n 

free, and not ufuig your liberty for a cloke of mali- 
cioufnefs, but as the fervants of God. Honour all 
men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour 
the King. 

rbe Gojpel. St. Luke XIIL Fer. i, to 6. 

THERE were prefent at that feafon fome 
that told him of the Galileans, whofe blood 
Pilate had mingled with their facrifices. And Jefus 
anfwering, faid unto them, Suppofe ye that thefe 
Galileans were finners above all the GaUleans, be- 
caufe they fuffered thefe things ? I tell you, Nay : but, 
except ye repent, ye (hall all 1 ike wife per ifli. Or thofc 
eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and 
flew them, think ye that they were finners above 
all men that dwelt in Jerufelera ? I tell you, Nay : 
but, except ye repent, ye fhali all likewife perifli. 

^ Xben pallfollona the Nicene Creed : and after that 

the Sermon. 

After the Prayer [for the whole ftate of Chrift's 
Church] thefoUoioing Jhall be ufed. 

^ A Prayer for this Church and Kingdom. 

OBlefled Lord, who haft manifefted thme abun- 
dant favour to thefe realms, in thy marvellous 
proteftion of our religion, laws, and liberties, from 

B 2 the 



12 The Communion Service. 

the fecret conlpiracies, and open attempts of our 
enemies j We fjefeech thee to preferve evermore in 
our minds, fuch a grateful fenfe of thcfe thine inva- 
luable mercies, that by our exemplary and religious 
ufe of them, and happy improvements under them, 
to thy honour and lervice, we may be accounted 
worthy of the continuance of thy blclfings to us and 
our pofterity. Take away from us, O Lord, all 
hardnefs of heart, all negleft of thine ordinances, 
and contempt of thy word -, and endue us with a fpirit 
of piety and devotion, a fpirit of juftice and tempe- 
rance, of humility and charity, and of all other graces, 
which adorn the Chriftian profeflion ; that fo tliy 
dreadful difpleafure and judgements may be ever avert- 
ed from us, and iniquity not become our ruin. Be 
thou pleafed alfo with thine efpecial favour to guard 
and profper our gracious Sovereign King GEORGE, 
with all the Royal Family. Be thou to Him, O 
Lord, an helmet of Salvation againft His enemies that 
delight in war. Do thou, we pray thee, fruftrate 
their wicked defigns, defeat their ftratagems, and fo 
put them to flight and confufion before His face, 
that the terror of His arms may add dignity sutd lufti-c 
to His Crown, and bring fafety, joy, and happinefs 
to Himfelf and His kingdoms. Grant this, O mer- 
ciful Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, to whom, with 
thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and glory, 
world without end. jimfK. 

^ ^ Prayer 



The Communion Service. 13 

^ A Prayer for Unity. 

OG O D, who haft taught us in thy holy Word, 
to incrcafe and abound in love one towards 
another, put away from us, we befeech thee, all bit- 
temefs and wrath, and evil-fpcaking and tnvy, that 
our hearts may be firmly knit together in mutual 
afFe6lioh, in zeal for our religion and laws, in dutiful 
obedience to the King, and all who are in authority 
under him ; that as there is but one body and one 
Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one faith, one 
God and Father of us all, fo we may henceforth be 
all of one heait and of one foul, united in one holy 
bond of truth and peace, and may with one mind 
and one mouth glorify thee, O God, through Jefus 
Chrift our Lord. Amen. 

^ A Prayer for our Enemies. 

O BLESSED Lord, who haft commanded us 
by thy beloved Son to love our Enemies, and 
to extend our charity in praying even for thofe, who 
dcfpitefuUy ufe us, give grace, we befeech thee, to 
our unhappy fellow-fubjefts in America, that feeing 
and confeffmg the error of their ways, and having a 
due fenfe of their ingratitude for the many bleffings 
of thy Providence, preferved to them by the indulgent 
care and proteftion of thefe kingdoms, they may 
again return to their duty, and make themfelvcs 
7 worthy 



X4 The Communion Service. 

worthy of thy pardon and forgivenefs : Grant us in 
the mean time not only ftrength and courage to 
withftand them, but charity to forgive and pity them, 
to fliew a willingiiefs to receive them again as friends 
and brethren, upon juft and reafonable terms, and to 
treat them with mercy and kindnefs, for the fake of 
thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen^ 

ALmighty God, who haft promifed to hear the 
petitions of them that aflc in thy Son's 
Name ; We befeech thee mercifully to incline thine 
ears to us that have made now our prayers and 
iupplications unto thee ; and grant, that thofe things 
which we have faithfully aflced according to thy 
will, may etFeftually be obtained, to the relief of 
our neceflity, and to the fetting forth of thy glory, 
through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen. 

% then the Prieji for Bifhop, if he be prefent) Jhall let 
them depart with this BleJJing : 

THE peace of God, which paffeth all under- 
ftanding, keep your hearts and minds in the 
knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jefus 
Chrift our Lord : and the blefling of God Almighty, 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft, be amongft 
you, and remain with you always. Amen, 



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The ORDER for 



EVENING PRAYER. 



^ Let him 4 hat mini/lereth read ivith a loud Voice thefe 
Sentences of Scripture -, arid after them the Exhor- 
tation, Dearly beloved Brethren, &c. 

LORD, correal me, but with J^'-x. j^. 
judgement, not in thine anger, 
left" thou bring me to nothing. 

I will arife, and go to my father, st. Like 
and will uv unto him. Father, I ""' '"' "'* 
have finned againft heaven, and be- 
fore thee, and am no more worthy 
to be called thy Ton. 

f The 




1 6 Evening Prayer. 

^ the Hymn appointed to be ufed at Morning Prayer, 
infiead of the Venite, bcc. Jhall here aljo be ufed before 
the proper Pfalms. 

% Proper Pfalms, CXX, CXXI, CXLIV. 

f Firfl Leffon, 2 Chron. XX. to Ver. 31. 

Magnificat. St. Luke I. 46. 

My foul doth magnify the Lord, cfr. 

^ Second Leffon, J aims W. to Ver. 11. 

Deus mijereatur. Pfalm LXVII. 

God be merciful unto us, £ff. 

^ T^hen the Creeds Sec. to the End of the Lord's Prayer. 

^ 'then the Priefl, flanding up, fl:aU fay, 

Priefl. O Lord, (hew thy mercy upon us ! 
Anfw. And grant us thy falvation. 
Prieji O Lord, fave the King ! 
Anfw, And mercifully hear us when we call upon 
thee, 

Pritfi. 



Evening Prayer. j^ 

Priejl. Endue thy minifkrs with righteournefs. 
Anfw. And make thy chofen people joyful. 
Priejl. Give peace in our time, O Lord I 
Anfw. Becaufe there is none other that fighteth for 

us, but only thou, O God. 
Priejl. O Lord, fave thy fcrv^ants ! 
Anfw. Who put their truft in thee. 
Prieji. Send us help from thy holy place. 
Anj'w. And evermore mightily defend us. 
Prieji. Let the enemy have no advantage againfl 

US} 

Anfw. Nor Uie wicked approach to hurt us. 

Prieji. Lord, hear our praycil 

Anjw. And let ©Ur cry come untd thee. 

% Thefe Two GoUeSls to he ufed inflead of the Firji 
ColleB for the Evening Prayer. 

O Almighty God, who ruleft over all the king- 
doms or the earth, and on whofe mofl gra- 
cious providence they depend evermore for pieferva- 
tion and profperity; Extend thine accuftomed good- 
nefs to the people of this land ; who looking up to 
thee as the fupreme author of all bleflings, and their 
fure fafeguard and mighty deliverer in all dangers and 
difficulties, do now implore thy watchful care and 
proteftion j befeeching thee to guide them continu- 
ally with thy counfel, to ftrengthen them with tny 

C powerful 



1 8 Evening Prayer. 

powerful arm, and to crown with fuccefs their necef- 
I'ary endeavours in defeating the unjuft attempts of 
their rebellious fellow-fubjefts againfl the rights of our 
Sovereign, and the lawful authority of the legiflaturs 
of thefe kingdoms. Grant this, O merciful Father, for 
Jefus Chrift's fake, our only Lord and Saviour. Amen. 

OLord God of our falvation, in whofe hands are 
the ilTucs of life and death, of good and evil, 
and without whofe aid the wifell counfels of frail 
men, and the multitude of an hoft, and all the 
inftruments of war are but weak and vain ; incline 
thine ear, we pray thee, to the earned and devout 
luppHcations of thy fervants, who, not confiding in 
the fplendour of any thing that is great, or the lia- 
bility of any thing tliat is ftrong here below, ' do moft 
humbly flee, O Lord, unto thee for fuccour, and put 
their truft under the fliadow of thy wings. Be thou 
to us a tower of defence againft the aliaults of our 
enemies, our {hield and buckler in the day of battle, 
and fo blefs the arms of our gracious Sovereign, in 
thi maintenance of His juil and lawful rights, and 
profper His endeavours to reftore tranquillity among 
His unhappy deluded fubje6ts in America, now in ojien 
rebellion againft His Crown, in defiance of all fiib- 
ordination and legal government, that we being pre- 
ferved by thy help and goodnefs from all perils and 
difafters, and mad^ happily triumphant over all the 
difturbers of our peace, may joyfully laud and mag- 

5 «i<> 



Evening Prayer. 

nify thy glorious Name ; and ferve thee from eene 
ration to generation in all godlinefs and quietnefs 
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 

f the Second Collet at Evening Prayer. 

OG O p, from whom all holy defires, all good 
counfels, and all juft works do proceed; Give 
unto thy fervants that peace which the world cannot 
give; that both our hearts may be let to obey thy 
commandments, and alfo that by thee we beini de- 
fended from the fear of our Enemies, may pa(s our 
nme in reft and quietnefs, through the merits of Jefus 
Lhriit our Saviour. Amen. 

% T: he. Third Co.'leSJ, for Aid agmnji all Perils. 

Lighten our darknefs, we befeech thee, O Lord j 
and by thy great mercy defend us from all 
penis and dangers of this night, for tlie love of thy 
only Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen. 

OLORD, we befeech thee. mercifully hear our 
prayers ; and fpare all thofe who confefs their 
fins unto thee ; tliat they whofe confciences by fin are 
accufed, by thy merciful pardon may be ablblved, 
through Chrill oUr Lord. Amen. 

C 2 ^ fk,„ 



X9 



10 Evening Prayer. 

f ^hen the People Jball fay this that followeth^ after 
the Minijien 

TURN thou us, O good Lord, and fo fhalL 
we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, Be 
favourable to thy people. Who turn to thee in 
weeping, farting, and praying. For thou art a 
merciful God, Full of compaffion. Long fufFcring, 
and of great pity. Thou fparert: w^hen we deferve 
punifhment, And in thy wrath thinkeft upon mercy. 
Spare thy people, good Lord, fpare thenj. And let 
not thine heritage be brought to confufion. Hear 
us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great, And after the 
multitude of thy mercies look upon us, through the 
merits and mediation of thy bleued Son Jefus Chrifl 
our Lord. Ameti, 

OL O R D, moft good and powerful, we thy 
fmful people, here aflembled before thee, do 
acknowledge it thine vmfpeakable mercy, that for 
our manifold and heinous provocations we are not 
utterly confumed, and given over foi* a prey to the 
Enemy and Avenger. We ccmfefs, with forcow and 
confunon, our long unfruitfulnefs under the means 
of grace, the light of thy Gofpel, and the many 
wonderful deliverances of this Church and State, 
which thou, in thy great goodnefs, haft vouchfafed 
tmto us. O Lord, fhouldeft thou enter into judge- 
4 ment 



Evening Prayer. 21 

mcnt with us for the crying fins of this nation 
our profanenefs and infidelity, herelies and fchifms' 
our inordinate love of plealures, and other manifold 
oftences, thou mighteit juftly inflift upon us the 
ievcnty of thy wrath, and deliver u$ up to the re- 
proaches and infults of our enemies : but there is 
mercy with th^, therefore Hialtthou be feared- thou 
ait the Lord God, tender and full of compaffion, not 
wilhng that any (hould peiifh, but that all (hould 
repent and hve. Look down therefore, we befeech 
thee with an eye of pity and loving- kindiaefs upon 
thy fervants. who with broken and contrite hearts 
do here bewail our' tranfgreffions and wretchednefs. 
Let our land in this time of trouble ftill eniov the 
light of thy countenance, and the blelfings of thy 
bountiful hand ; and fo work upon our hearts and 
minds by the gracious inEueuces of thy holy Spirit 
that being turned from the error of our ways and 
cre^ed to newnefe of life, we may walk before thee 
m all nghteoufnefs and holinefs in this worU, and 
mherit thine everlafting kingdom in that which is 
10 come, through the merits of Jefus Chiift our oulv 
Mediator and Advocate. Amen^ 



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^ After the general Thank/ghing, lei the following 
Prayers be iifed. 

^ A "Prayer for this Church and Kingdom. 

OBlefTed Lord, who haft manlfefted thine abun- 
dant favour to thefe realms, in thy marvellous 
]iiote61:ion of our religion, laws, and liberties, from 
the fecret confpiracies. and o])en attempts of ou- 
enemies; we beleech thee to preferve evermore in 
our minds, fuch a grateful fenfe of thefe thine inva- 
luable mercies, that by our exemplary and religiou- 
life of them, and happy improvements under them 
to thy honour and fervice, we may oe accountea 
worthy of the continuance of thy bleflings to us and 
our pofterity. Take away from us, O Lord, all 
hardnefs of heart, all negle£l of thine ordinances, 
and contempt of thj word ; and endue us with a 
fpiritof piety and devotion, a fpirit of juftice and 
temperance^ of humility and charity, and of all other 
graces- which adorn the Chriftiaii profelTion j that 
io thy dreadful difpleafure and judgements may be ever 
averted from us, and iniquity not become our ruin. 
Be thou pleafed alfo with tliine efpccial favour to 
guard and profper our gracious Sovereign King 
GEORGE, with all the Royal Family. Be thou 
to Him, O Lord, an helmet of falvation againfl His 
enemies that delight in war. Do thou, we pray tiiee, 

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frtiftwte their wicked defigns, defeat their ftratacrems 
and fo put them to flight and confufion before" His 
face, that the terror of His arms may add dignity and 
luftre to His crown, and bring fafety, joy, and hao- 
pmefs to Himfelf and His ki^gdooL'. ' Srant thfs. 
O mercifal Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, to whom 
wrth thee and the Holy Ghoft, be aU honour and gloiy' 
world without end. ^dmea, ^' 

f ^ Prayer for Unity . 

OGod, who haft taught us in thy holy Word, 
to mci-eafe and abound in Love one towards 
another, put away from as, we befeech thee, all Bitter- 
nefsand Wrath, and Evil-fpeaking and Envy; that 
our hearts may be firmly knit together in mutual Af- 
^Aion, m Zeal for our Religion and Laws, in dutiful 
Obedience to tlie King, and all who are in Authority 
under him -y tliat as there is but one body and one 
Spirit,- and one hope of our caUing, one faith, one 
God and father of us all, lo we may henceforth be 
ail of one heart and of one foul, united in one holy 
bond of truth and peace, and may with one mind 
and one mouth glorify thee. O God, through Jefus 
Chiift our Lord. Amen. 

% A Prayer for our Enemies. 

O BLESSED Lord, who haft commanded us 
by thy beloved Son to love our Enemies, and 
to extend our cliarity in praying even for thofe, who 

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defpitefuUy ufe us. give grace we befcech thee, to 
our unhappy fellow fubjefts in America, that feeing 
and eonfening the error of their ways, and having a 
due fenfe of their ingratitude for the many bleflings 
of thy Providence, pafervcd to them by the indulgent 
care and protection of thefe kingdoms, they may 
agam return to their duty, and make themfelves 
worthy of thy paidon and forgivenefs : Grant us in 
the mean time not only ftrength and courage to 
withftand them, but charity to forgive and pity them, 
to fhew a willingncfs to receive them again as friends 
and brethren, upon juft and reafonable terms, and to 
treat them witn mercy and kindnefs for the fake 
of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. 

f A Trayer of St. Chryfoftom. 
Lmighty God, -who halt given us grace, at this 
time, with one accord to make our common 
iuppiications unto thee J and dolt promife, that when 
two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou 
wilt grant their requefts : Fulfil now, O Lord, the 
defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be moft 
expedient for them ; granting ds in this World know- 
ledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life 
everlafting. Amen, 

z Cor, Xin. 14. 

TH E grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the 
love of God, and the fsllowfliip of the Holy 
Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

F I N J S. 



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